config_private.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- user defined configuration file -->
<settings>
	<pathCollection>
		<usrpath category="userDirectory" type="output" id="WORKPATH">
			<path>/path/to/work/</path>
			<description>working directory</description>
		</usrpath>

		<usrpath category="userDirectory" type="output" id="PLOTPATH">
			<path>/path/to/plots/</path>
			<description>directory for output plots</description>
		</usrpath>

		<usrpath category="userDirectory" type="output" id="CLIMOPATH">
			<path>/path/to/climo/</path>
			<description>directory for output files</description>
		</usrpath>

		<usrpath category="userDirectory" type="output" id="REGRPATH">
			<path>/path/to/regridding/</path>
			<description>directory for regridding files</description>
		</usrpath>

		<usrpath category="simulation" type="input" id="MODELPATH">
			<path>/path/to/modeldata/</path>
			<description>root directory of model data</description>
		</usrpath>

		<usrpath category="observation" type="input" id="OBSPATH">
			<path>/path/to/data/obsdata/</path>
			<description>root directory of observational data</description>
		</usrpath>

                <usrpath category="observation" type="input" id="OBSPATH2">
                        <path>/path/to/data/obsdata2/</path>
                        <description>alternative root directory of observational data</description>
                </usrpath>

		<usrpath category="observation" type="input" id="RAWOBSPATH">
			<path>/path/to/data/rawobsdata/</path>
			<description>root directory of raw observational data (for reformat_obs scripts)</description>
		</usrpath>

	</pathCollection>
</settings>